Best time to meet between New York and Sydney

Sydney is 14 hours ahead of New York on 31 July 2026. Their standard working days do not overlap at all.

New York
UTC-4
America/New_York
Sydney
UTC+10
Australia/Sydney
Shared working hours
None
at 9:00–17:00 each

Participants

Best meeting slots

No time works for everyone on this day — the slots below are the fairest tradeoffs. Try another date or widening someone's hours.

Local timelines — Fri, Jul 31

Each row is one person's 24h day, aligned to the same instants. Times are labelled in each person's own timezone.

New York
New York
12am6am12pm6pm
Sydney
Sydney
6pm12am6am12pm
NightDawnMorningMiddayEveningLateEveryone freeOff-hours

Best meeting times

Ranked for Friday, 31 July 2026, assuming each person is available 9:00–17:00 in their own local time. Change the date or the hours in the planner above and the ranking updates live.

There is no window where every person is inside their working hours. Someone has to move. The slots below are ranked by how small and how evenly shared that compromise is.

# New York Sydney Tradeoff Fairness
1 6:00 PM Fri 8:00 AM Sat Evening for New York, early morning for Sydney Shared discomfort
2 5:30 PM Fri 7:30 AM Sat Evening for New York, early morning for Sydney Shared discomfort
3 6:30 PM Fri 8:30 AM Sat Evening for New York, early morning for Sydney Shared discomfort
4 5:00 PM Fri 7:00 AM Sat Evening for New York, early morning for Sydney Shared discomfort
5 7:00 PM Fri 9:00 AM Sat Evening for New York, in hours for Sydney Shared discomfort

The full day, side by side

Each row is one person's Friday, in their own local time. Aligned vertically, so any column is the same moment everywhere.

New York · United States America/New_York
12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM11 PM
Sydney · Australia Australia/Sydney
2 PM8 PM2 AM8 AM1 PM

Solid blocks are working hours; faded blocks are outside them. Colours follow the local time of day.

Daylight saving between New York and Sydney

The gap is not fixed: it moves between 14 hours and 16 hours across the year, because the two cities switch to daylight saving on different dates. A time that worked in March can be an hour off in April — the planner uses each city's IANA rules for the exact date you pick, so it stays correct through the switch.

Questions about New York ↔ Sydney meetings

What is the time difference between New York and Sydney?
On 31 July 2026 the gap is 14 hours, with Sydney ahead of New York. Across the year it moves between 14 hours and 16 hours because of daylight saving.
Do New York and Sydney have overlapping working hours?
No. With standard 9:00–17:00 hours on both sides there is no shared window, so one person has to take the call outside their normal day. The ranking on this page picks the option that costs the least and spreads it as evenly as possible.
Does this account for daylight saving?
The gap is not fixed: it moves between 14 hours and 16 hours across the year, because the two cities switch to daylight saving on different dates. A time that worked in March can be an hour off in April — the planner uses each city's IANA rules for the exact date you pick, so it stays correct through the switch.
Can I add more people or change the working hours?
Yes. The planner on this page starts with New York and Sydney on 9:00–17:00, and you can change either city's hours, pick a different date, or add up to eight participants. Nothing is sent to a server.

Or browse every city on the city index, or read the scheduling guides.